Night of the Soulless Heathens – 174



#174. Cheonggeon’s Heaven 2

But Azadin was never lying.

After obtaining a large number of copies of the New King’s Book Azadin had been continuously absorbing magical power.

Even the Donair gang that annihilated the ogres were no match for Azadin.

“But these kids…”

At that time Komosal came to see Azadin and Jiswa in indignation.

“You bastards! What are we going to do with such a big strange elephant standing in front of the castle!”

“elephant…?”

It seemed to be referring to Scott’s masterpiece Corpse Abomination.

Its appearance was so hideous that they covered it with a tarp but that’s probably why everyone thought it was just an elephant.

“Miss Gimela is calling! Come quickly!”

“Oh but. Brother Comosal. Did the five of you come here with your bodyguards?”

“I don’t remember eating brothers with a guy like you who would freeze to death!”

That was the moment when Comosal said that.

Azadin leapt at Comosal’s bodyguards and grabbed their carotid arteries with both hands.

“Ugh?!”

“100 million?!”

As soon as Azadin grabbed them by the throat they fell unconscious.

“no!?”

“This kid has shown his true colors…”

However Jiswaga casted blood magic and knocked out another bodyguard and Shati also knocked out a bodyguard with her magic.

Before we knew it only Comosal was left.

“uh?”

“Okay Brother Comosal. First I have a question about the elixir. Did you tamper with the elixir you sent to Corasar?”

“What are you talking about?”

“In the direction of Korasa the Qing Dynasty brothers went berserk and turned into monsters and everyone including the refugees died… Do you know anything about that?”

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“I don’t know! I….”

“Then the current hypothesis is that if many people who ate the Qingjian Dang elixir gather in one place their power will run wild. In this case we have no choice but to eliminate those who ate the elixir in advance?”

“…?!”

“They are saying they will kill me.”

“Are you crazy? A guy like you could kill all the Cheonggeun Party brothers by himself…”

“What we brought wasn’t an elephant.”

“….”

“It is a gigantic beast of disaster that will bring about the end.”

Azadin called Corpse Abomination as metaphorical as possible.

Since he was not properly explained Comosal had no choice but to use his imagination and imagination brought about despair more effectively than any torture.

“You better tell the truth Brother Comosal. This man is the one who weeded out the rampant Nether followers like weeds.”

“What the hell are you doing? Are you a judge?”

“No. This is Azadin the Emperor’s messenger the second messenger.”

“omg?!”

When he heard that he was the Emperor’s messenger Comosal was startled.

“Second Commander…. Isn’t that a very high position? The assassin of the city king!”

If he had been in the last position of the 108th Commandery like before he wouldn’t have been so scared when Azadin revealed that he was the messenger… But when he was promoted to the position of the 2nd Commandery that alone sent chills down the spines of those who heard him.

“Okay. The story will go by quickly right? Well shall we talk while picking out some fingernails?”

“Ugh…..”

“You guys messed around and the people who took the Cheonggeondang elixir had to kill their families. Do you know how many people committed suicide after that? People died because they felt guilty for killing their family members even though you treated them. When I think about those people’s deaths I want to fry you little by little starting from the soles of your feet inflict terrible burns and then groan in the agony of sepsis where your flesh and blood rot away and die in agony from fever and pain.”

Comosal was terrified by Azadin’s strangely realistic threat.

“There is no evidence!”

“It gives me confidence that you are responding like that now.”

When Azadin held out his hand Scott brought out a poker.

“It’s not hot yet Captain.”

“Really? I guess I need to heat it up a bit more. Let’s light a fire. Let’s pull out the fingernails first.”

Azadin picked up Comosal’s nails with his fingers.

“No how can you pull out a fingernail with a human hand….”

Comosal laughed at Azadin’s actions but the next moment he couldn’t help but let out a scream that was as loud as his heart.

Azadin’s power was so strong that I thought I had just grabbed him lightly but he was holding him tightly like a pair of tongs and really pulling at his fingernails.

The nail couldn’t hold on and tore vertically causing blood to spurt out.

“Ugh?!”

Comosal was shocked by the intense pain. It was an unbelievable power.

“Hmm it doesn’t come out well and just falls apart. But this is better. Should I tear it a little more?”

A chill ran down Komosal’s back as Azadin grabbed his other claw.

“Hey wait a minute! Wait a minute!”

“why?”

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“What if I did that? Will you forgive me if I tell you the truth?”

“If you tell the truth I’ll naturally be willing to show leniency. You wouldn’t have taken the leap alone right?”

“That’s right. That’s right. In fact it is God’s will.”

“God’s will? Why?”

“In the past the Lord went to Corassar by boat and preached there but was humiliated. After that incident he considered Corassar too underdeveloped to spread the truth of heaven.”

“Yeah.”

The Btuma endemic disease such as typhoid played a major role in the expansion of the Qing Dynasty.

Even if you try to spread the gospel in the Korasa region where there is no such disease it will not be successful. Who would listen to the preaching when they are considered cults and risk their lives by believing in anything other than the King’s Church and the Angels?

‘And honestly your doctrine is so obvious.’

In the scriptures of Cheonggeondang that Azadin saw the major teachings were that families should be harmonious and that all who wear Cheonggeon are children of Cheongcheon and brothers and that they should share wealth harmoniously and there were only good words written about them.

So in these religions the secondary doctrines are much more important than the main doctrine.

They tend to be more obsessed with trivial sermons such as not eating shrimp or that it is okay for men to keep concubines than with the core doctrines of the scriptures.

In that sense the Cheonggeondang doctrine was a cult no matter how you looked at it. Its influence grew thanks to the medicine that cured the disease so it could not have expanded on its own.

“So you were planning to increase the number of Cheongjeon Party members in Adirov where the disease is prevalent and make them run wild? If they start to run wild and harm people Count Lantaric the guardian of Adirov or the King of Korasar will have to step in. It would be difficult to deal with Nether’s followers with regular troops so you wanted to make them use up their troops.”

“That’s right.”

“That means… Did King Bthuma join in too? Wait a minute? Then reinforcing Saturn here is also….”

Azadin who had heard of the ogre invasion while coming here naturally assumed that the reinforcement of the defenses here was a measure to stop the ogres.

But now that I look at it aren’t you preparing for war?

‘Are these guys crazy? Even if they all join forces as one it won’t be enough so why can’t they just eat each other? Even the kings are from the same Yaegasu clan?’

Azadin was horrified to realize that the Kingdom of Bthuma was preparing to invade Korasaar and that the Qing Dynasty’s rampage was planned as a prelude to that invasion.

From Azadin’s perspective who was witnessing the Age of Jupiter it was difficult to understand why they were fighting each other so fiercely.

It’s like blocking the exit and swinging a weapon at someone you don’t like while you’re in a burning house and about to burn to death. Who would have thought that the Yaegasu Shinto nobles who are said to have learned as much as they can and are well-educated would do something like this?

“Do you know Gimela? She is the daughter of God.”

“Lady Gimela was against polluting the potion so I took it upon myself to….”

“Really? You’re not the one who’s covering up the bloodline of God?”

“Ugh no. This is part of the grand plan that God had planned from the beginning! It’s not something I did on my own…”

“So you’re saying God was involved too?”

When Azadin heard those words he fiddled with the staff of the Qingjiandang Taoist priest.

It is unclear how much of Komosal’s testimony should be believed but according to what he says Cheonju the leader of the Cheonggeun Party is directly responsible for Adyrov’s tragedy.

“I guess I should meet God. Okay. Let’s meet God’s daughter first.”

Azadin looked back at Scott.

“Scott. Get ready.”

“Well I’m already Scott over flowers.”

“….”

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Gimela’s residence was the castle of Count Kimalhaji.

Surprisingly seeing that everyone inside the castle was wearing Cheonggeon it seemed that the Cheonggeon Party had a firm grip on the Kimalhaji Baekjakryeong.

“They said this was the holy place of Cheonggeundang.”

Azadin asked Jiswah.

“yes.”

“Are there any relics related to the old tree in the swamp Grimslow?”

“I can do that too.”

“Didn’t they make a holy place where lightning struck?”

“Shall I guide you later?”

“Let’s look at the negotiations for now.”

Azadin walked into Count Kimalhaji’s castle.

“Huh?”

However Jiswa guided the party to a place that looked like a harem to anyone. It was the residence where the count and his wife or mistress raised their children and where the women and children lived.

“Miss Gimela is the Countess of Kimalhaji.”

“…You’re not a young lady. Just wait a minute.”

Azadin was taken aback when he remembered her looking at Scott intently.

“It’s a common occurrence.”

Chatty said with a grin.

After a while Gimela appeared holding a child who looked to be about three years old.

“You came. Jis and Adan?”

“yes.”

“Why does Komosal have such a dead face?”

“Miss. That’s me…”

“We tortured them.”

As he said this Azadin lifted Komosal’s hand. Azadin had applied ointment to the fingertips where his nails had been torn and treated them.

“Oh I see. That’s why I told you not to do it. Contaminating the Qingjiandang elixir was such a foolish thing to do.”

“Because of that many people died and fell into despair.”

“But I was really against it. Comosal was just acting on his own.”

“According to Comosal it was God’s will.”

“Hmm. You are not a Taoist are you? You hold a grudge against the will of God.”

Gimela smiled slyly when she realized that Azadin harbored hostility towards God as well.

Instead of Azadin Jiswah argued.

“Even if you are God it is absurd that you would deceive me and give me such a leap of faith.”

“I’m sorry Jiswa.”

“But before that I’m curious. What did you do to contaminate it?”

“huh?”

“How did you contaminate it so that people became followers and ran wild?”

“It’s nothing special. Originally Grimthrown’s sap would cure all swamp diseases. But if you mix Grimthrown’s blood into it….”

“Becoming a subordinate and going wild?”

“Yeah. Or become a Taoist priest.”

Looking at the way he spoke it seemed that he selected as a Taoist those who were able to control themselves without losing their reason despite being a subordinate of the old tree of the swamp Grimslow.

That was precisely why he thought it was absurd that Jiswah had handed over the position of Taoist priest to Azadin blaming him for his lack of virtue.

‘But that doesn’t mean I’m going to announce to the world that the qualifications of a Taoist are to become a member of the Nether clan. I can’t deny that Jiswa gave me the position of Taoist. Wait a minute. Then isn’t this just Jiswa using me?’

Azadin understood the system of the Qing Dynasty and smiled bitterly.